Tag: trails
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Colorado outdoor app adds critical alert
A new feature on a go-to app for those exploring Colorado’s outdoors aims to keep those adventurers away from hazardous smoke and graver danger. COTREX will now include daily wildfire and prescribed burn alerts, as recently announced by Colorado Parks and Wildlife, the agency that launched the app in 2019. Since then, a reported 45,076…
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Top 3 trails in Colorado Springs
2024 Best of the Springs
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Gold Camp Road reopens after construction closure
A popular scenic drive reopened on April 13. The city of Colorado Springs announced that North Cheyenne Cañon Park, including North Cheyenne Canyon Road and Gold Camp Road, reopened to vehicles and the public after closures. The roads were closed to allow construction on the extension of the Ladders Trail, a mountain biking trail that…
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Gold Camp Road reopening Saturday after construction closure
A popular scenic drive near Colorado Springs is opening back up this weekend. The city of Colorado Springs announced on Friday that North Cheyenne Cañon Park, including North Cheyenne Canyon Road and Gold Camp Road, will reopen to vehicles and the public after closures on Saturday. The roads were closed to allow construction on the…
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Contentious Colorado Springs open space master plan gains first vote of approval
Amid opposition, a master plan for a popular, expanded open space in northwest Colorado Springs is poised for approval. The Trails, Open Space and Parks (TOPS) working committee voted in unanimous support of the Blodgett Open Space plan that has been more than a year in the making. The 108-page document is meant to be…
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Contentious Colorado Springs open space master plan gains first vote of approval
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Amid opposition, a master plan for a popular, expanded open space in northwest Colorado Springs is poised for approval. The Trails, Open Space and Parks (TOPS) working committee voted in unanimous support of the Blodgett Open Space plan that has been more than a year…
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Trail Talk: Pikes Peak region needs a refresher course on good manners
Like so many of you, I enjoy hearing of yet another “first” heaped on the Pikes Peak region’s collective shoulders. Over the years, the area has been celebrated for “best place to live,” “top location for millennials,” “best place for dog walking” and dozens more. What I’d like the region to be known for though…
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Trail Talk: Pikes Peak region needs a refresher course on good manners
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Like so many of you, I enjoy hearing of yet another “first” heaped on the Pikes Peak region’s collective shoulders. Over the years, the area has been celebrated for “best place to live,” “top location for millennials,” “best place for dog walking” and dozens more.…
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Master plan for Colorado Springs open space nearing contentious finish line
If a master plan for Colorado Springs’ Blodgett Open Space is to be approved, it will do so amid staunch opposition. That seemed clear after the latest Trails, Open Space and Parks (TOPS) working committee meeting, which represented the city parks department’s closest step toward finalizing the plan that has been in the works for…
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Trail Talk: Coping with park envy as Denver adds to its system
I remember my father trading in the family station wagon every two to three years. Even back then it was an extravagant habit on an elementary school teacher’s salary. A neighbor would bring home a new car and my dad would start car shopping. I feel that way about parks, open space and trails. When…